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士 kanji
gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
さむらい
Words with 士
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —信士male lay devotee; believer; believer
- —士卒officers and soldiers; soldiers
- —士族family of samurai lineage; person with samurai ancestors; shizoku; the second of three official classes in Japan in 1869-1947, consisting of former samurai
- —士道chivalry; samurai code
- —郷士country samurai
- —士分status of samurai
- —隊士regimental soldier
- —浪士ronin; lordless samurai
- —士師judge (of ancient China); judge (leader of ancient Israel)
- —衛士gate guard (during the ritsuryō system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryō system)
- —乞士bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)
- —士庶samurai and commoners; normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)
- —士人samurai; person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing
- —範士fencing master of the top rank
- —達士expert; skilled hand; master
- —進士palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination
- —海士seaman
- —士魂manly spirit; soul of a samurai
- —上士high-ranking retainer of a daimyo (Edo Period)
- —士業professional occupation; professional practice